Re^2: Perl on cygwin (sh -c)

system('sh -c "cd ..;ls"');
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That is better written as:

system('cd ..;ls');
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Re^3: Perl on cygwin (sh -c) by sgt (Deacon) on Nov 19, 2007 at 23:24 UTC
Yes, it does save one process besides being shorter. Still it could give wrong results if cd fails. A true shell hacker ;) would write system('cd ... && ls') (would even use 'ls -1' to avoid terminal issues). cheers --stephan	[reply]